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yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Starting Wednesday I think we can expect a boom market for op-eds and television commentary darkly warning that if Democrats take advantage of winning the election to implement the agenda they outlined during the campaign, they’ll be punished, ... (more) What to Fear
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President Palin Is Danny Elfman's "Greatest Fear"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Famous Hollywod composer Danny Elfmann has worked on a lot of creepy movies (most of them by Tim Burton). But in a new ad produced for the last week of the presidential election, he reveals his greatest fear: a President Palin. "These are troubled times in a volatile world. With unprecedented crises at home and abroad, we need sound judgment and a steady hand to lead the most powerful nation on Earth," the ad begins, echoing some of the gravitas-laden ads targeting Barack Obama's inexperience. But Elfman's ad takes a twist: "John McCain's age and continuing battle with cancer makes the liklihood of him not completing his term ...

President Palin Is Danny Elfman's "Greatest Fear"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Famous Hollywod composer Danny Elfmann has worked on a lot of creepy movies (most of them by Tim Burton). But in a new ad produced for the last week of the presidential election, he reveals his greatest fear: a President Palin. "These are troubled times in a volatile world. With unprecedented crises at home and abroad, we need sound judgment and a steady hand to lead the most powerful nation on Earth," the ad begins, echoing some of the gravitas-laden ads targeting Barack Obama's inexperience. But Elfman's ad takes a twist: "John McCain's age and continuing battle with cancer makes the liklihood of him not completing his term ...

Palin Leaves the Reservation
Booman Tribune — Maybe the McCain campaign shouldn't have called Sarah Palin a 'diva' and a 'whack job'. You know, I don't think those insults sat very well with her. Transcript of CNN's response: Wolf Blitzer: And this just coming into the "Situation Room," the Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin now speaking out openly about her intentions in 2012 if, if she and John McCain were to lose this contest next Tuesday. In an interview with ABC News, Sarah Palin is now saying, she would be interested in remaining a serious national political figure, going ahead to 2012. She was asked what happens in 2012 if you lose on Tuesday, ...

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How Excited May a Serious Person Be?
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/28/2008 — Slate's Jack Shafer , inveterate practitioner of the countercyclical twist-and-reverse, warns that "tiny tendrils of trepidation are starting to drift over the liberal members of the commentariat and the political press corps." Not because they fear ...
Fort Apache The Couch
tbogg.firedoglake.com 10/28/2008 — Obama Administration officials (L to R) Secretaries of HHS, Agriculture, Transportation, and Interior Perhaps it's the economy or maybe it's Fear of a Barack Planet, but Americans are scooping up guns by the armload (also seen here ...
Fear and loathing on the campaign trail 2008Roger L. Simon
As the endless campaign draws down, William Goldman’s famous line about Hollywood seems to apply to our politics: “ Nobody knows anything .” Could it be that McCain will pull this one out? I want it, but I fear it. The media has built up the expectation of an Obama victory to ...
"Students Do Not Have a RightThe Volokh Conspiracy
to engage in behavior which elicits fear amongst other college students and creates an environment where intimidating rallies and protests occur against a specific group of people." "Let this piece serve...
Halloween Comes Early. Are You Afraid? [UPDATED]techPresident
Danny Elfman, the avant-garde rock star and composer is making his first ever incursion into politics. While the Simpsons are gearing up for their Halloween special, their theme song composer Elfman has launched Our Greatest Fear . Our Greatest Fear is a online/offline campaign with a simple ...
Video: GOP Commercial Against Parker GriffithPerfunction
Fighting for the open Congressional seat in my district, Democrat Parker Griffith recently said: "I think America's greatest enemy is America and its materialism. And I think that we have nothing to fear from radical Islam. I don't fear radical Islam." With one week to go, the GOP ...
‘Daily Show’: Crazy Scared Across AmericaTruthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
John McCain’s supporters are *&$#-scared that a secret terrorist-loving Muslim could take over the White House. Meanwhile, Barack Obama’s supporters think there’s nothing scarier than Sarah Palin. At last, fear has brought both sides together. READ THE WHOLE ITEM  ...
Sarah Palin in Des Moines, IA: Whipping Up Fear of CommunismCrooks and Liars
Sarah Palin in Des Moines whippin' up fear of communism if heaven forbid Obama gets elected...you betcha'. Partial transcript courtesy of Sam Stein over at the HuffPo but I thought a bit more of this fear fest was worth sharing than they posted there. See, under a big government, more tax ...
Don't Fear Obama, SarahThe Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Scott Horton consoles Palin and tells her not to worry about socialism. After all, Bush crossed that bridge a long time ago.
Three AshleysThe Reality-Based Community
Sean Quinn has one of the most acute, and one of the most moving, posts of the season. Three Ashleys: One for Bush, being protected. One for McCain, spreading fear and hatred. One for Obama, bringing love and healing.
Strengthening Mac's 'Fear The Redistributor' MessageAmerican Thinker
John McCain must make clear why a President Obama might prove uniquely capable of realizing his Leftist vision.
New McCain Fear AdSeeing the Forest
Be afraid, be very afraid!
Gordon Adams: A Response to the Anti-Obama Message of FearPolitics on HuffingtonPost.com
My niece, Ryan Beattie Scrimger, a 30-something actress and soon-to-be mother in San Diego, received a fear-laden e-mail about Barak Obama from a friend. It took the tried, but untrue line that "we don't know this man and have reason to fear him." It is too common a dirty trick, but it is ...
Fear of a Anti-Capitalist PlanetOpinionator
Bloggers on the right seize on comments by Barack Obama in a 2001 interview.
Jack Myers: The Obama Campaign's Only Fear is Fear ItselfPolitics on HuffingtonPost.com
The only threat to the Obama campaign in the next week is the festering threat that Americans will take to the streets and riot if McCain wins. I forecast a relatively fraud-free election and a sweeping victory for both Barack Obama and Democratic candidates across America. Although I ...
This Week: What's Left of the Republican Base?Greatscat!
10-26-08: The panel on This Week discussing what McCain needs to do to pull out this election and apparently the last argument they feel he or any of the Republicans has left is fear of lack of a divided government. It amazes me that these talking heads in the media didn't have this mortal fear ...
Rousing the RabbleBlondeSense
"Fear is the path that leads to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate. Hate . . . leads to suffering." There’s a lot of fear in America these days. Oh, it’s not the fear of another terrorist attack. We’ve been collectively whipsawed back and forth on that issue so many times ...
Spreading Fear One More TimeTalkLeft
Fearing a loss of political influence if Barack Obama is elected, right wing religious leaders are spreading fear of Obama. "Everyone uses fear in the last part of a campaign, but evangelicals are especially theologically prone to those sorts of arguments," said Clyde Wilcox, a Georgetown ...
Republicans fear long exile in the wildernessDemocratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Guardian, UK[/b] Republicans fear long exile in the wilderness In America's conservative heartland the talk now is not just of a win for Obama. With the Democrats poised for gains in the Senate and the House, moderate Republicans fear a wipeout that would leave their party in the ...
Focus On FearThe Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
James Dobson's election hysteria .
War and Piece
NYT: "... Republicans expressed fear that weeks of tailoring Ms. Palin as an average 'hockey mom would fray amid revelations that the Republican Party outfitted her with expensive clothing from high-end stores." Gee, you think? And you have got to...
Fear! Terra! Fear! Nuculerlarity!WTF Is It Now?!?
Here it comes. With nothing else working, McInsane tries to frighten people into voting for him by raising the specter of nuclear war. Or Cubans. Erratic psycho John McCain brought up the possibility of nuclear war as he struggled to overcome Barack Obama's widening lead in the polls with just ...
Retailers Fear Democratic WinsWSJ.com: Politics And Policy
Retailers are worried about Obama's stated support for legislation that could potentially make it easier for unions to organize stores.